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JOHN A. HUBER, .13., or BENTLEY, NORTH DAKOTA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 1916.

Application filed January 11, 1916. Serial No. 71,595.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. HUBER, J12, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bentley, in the county of Hettinger and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVhipping Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a device for whipping horses, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a structure which may be attached to the hames of harness for supporting a whip, and to connect means to the whip, which include a pair of cords or lines, operable by the driver of the horse, for oscillating the whip for whipping the'horse.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustratedin the accompanying drawings and claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying .drawings wherein like characters designate like and corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved whipping device showing the same attached to the hames of a harness, Fig. 2 is an edge view of the whipping device, Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view partially in section of the whipping device showing the manner of attaching the whip to the device.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate hames, of an ordinary single or double harness. The whipping device, generically indicated by the numeral 3 includes a bracket 4, which is constructed of a suitable bar of metal, having a plurality of spaced openings 5 formed therein, through which the attaching cords 6, which are employed for attaching the whipping device to the hames 1 and 2, extend. Any suitable type of flexible member may be employed for the purpose of attaching the bracket 4 to the hames, without departing from the spirit of this invention. The bracket 4 has a horizontal portion 7 to which an upstanding Y- shaped bracket 8 is adjustably connected as The bracket 8 is held in various adjusted positions along the horizontal por tion 7 by a set screw 10. The arms 11 of the Y-shaped bracket 8 have bearings formed upon their upper ends, in which bearings is seateda rock rod 12 which is angled, having an upstanding portion 13. A socket 14 is formed upon the upper end of the upstanding portion 13 of the rock rod 12 and it receives the lower butt end of a whip 15, of any ordinary construction. The butt end of the whip 15 is held firmly seated in the socket 14'by a set screw 16.

An L-shaped bracket 17 is secured toand extends downwardly from the head of the Y-sh-aped bracket 8. A spiral spring 17 is 1 connected to the base 18 of the L-shaped' bracket '17, and to a bolt 19 which extends through the rock rod 12, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. 4

A bell crank lever 20 is mounted upon the rock rod 12, and it has flexible members 21 and 22 con'nected'to the ends of its arms. The flexible members 21 and 22 pass through guideways 23, which are carried by the horizontal portion? of the" bracket 4 andthey extend to a position where they can be conveniently reached and operated by the driver of a horse upon which the hames 1 and 2 are mounted. By pulling either of the flexible members 21 and 22, or both at alternate times, the rock rod 12 is rocked in the bearings formed upon the upper ends of the I arm 11, which will oscillate the whip 15, for whipping the horse. The spring 17 will act to automatically return the rock rod 12 to its normal position, after the arresting of the rocking of the rod by the pulling of the flexible members 21 and 22.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of construction and of the method of operation of the improved whipping apparatus will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains and, while in the foregoing description, the principle of the operation of this invention has been described together with various features of construction, it is to be understood that certain minor features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be altered to suit practical conditions provided such alterations are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is 1. In a device as set forth, the combination, Of a bracket for detachable attachment tion, of a bracket adapted for detachable connection to harness hames, a Yshaped bracket adjustably carried by said first named bracket, a rock rod rockably carried by said Y-shaped bracket and having one end angled, an ordinary Whip detachably connected to the angled end of said rock rod whereby said Whip Will be oscillated upon rocking movement of the rod, means connected to said rod for rocking the rod for oscillating the Whip, and means for automatically returning said rock rod to its normal position after the arresting of rocking movement thereof.

3. In a device as set forth, the combination, with a bracket adapted for detachable connection to harness hames, of a Y-shaped bracket adjustably carried by said first named bracket, a rock rod rockably supported by said Y-shaped bracket, one end of said rock rod being bent at substantially right angles to the rock rod, a socket formed upon the terminal of said angled end, a Whip detachably connected to said socket, a

bell crank arm connected to said rock rod, and flexible members connected to said bell crank arm for rocking the bell crank arm upon pulling movement of the flexible member for. oscillating said Whip.

4. In a device as set forth, the combination, With a bracket adapted for detachable connection to harness hames, of a Y-shaped bracket adjustably carried by said first named bracket, a rock rod rockably supported by said Y-shaped bracket, one end of said rock rod being bent at substantially right angles to the rock rod, a socket formed upon the terminal of said angled end, a whip detachably connected to said socket, a bell crank arm connected to said rock rod, flexible members connected to said bell crank arm for rocking the bell crank arm upon pulling movement of the flexible member for oscillating said Whip, and a spiral spring connected to said rock rod and said Y-shaped bracket for automatically returning the rock rod to its normal position after the arresting of the rocking movement thereof.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN A. HUBER, JR.

WVitnesses:

JOHN J. HUBER, H. A. GALLoWAY.

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